The Poems of Lois Brown Klein and Rebecca Foust
With summer comes fire: fires of raging destruction, and fires that ignite growth and renewal.
Month: July 2008
Just the Facts
When did it start? Tuesday, July 1, at about 5:32 p.m.
Via Maestra 42
You can’t get more Italian than Via Maestra 42 in San Roque, for the food delights, the atmosphere is charming if a bit cramped, and the service is ever-polite and almost always continentally, well, let’s say deliberate instead of slow.
3rd Annual Old Spanish Days Wine Tasting
Fiesta is just around the corner. But if you want to turn that corner sooner, don’t miss Fiesta’s kickoff: the 3rd Annual Old Spanish Days Wine Tasting in the Courthouse Sunken Gardens, Saturday, July 12, from 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
The Gap Firefighters
As happens with wildfires across the West every year, the assortment of highly trained professional fire experts fighting the Gap Fire came from throughout the United States.
Positively State Street
With a smoky and ash-filled July 4th now behind us-and the Gap Fire waning just enough to keep my short-but-sweet mental mash up of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Franz Ferdinand’s “This Fire,” and Cut Copy’s “Hearts on Fire” out of my head for the time being-it seems that there’s no better moment to start looking toward future shows, fresh starts, and new musical beginnings.
Meal Steals
Santa Barbara can sometimes be a fine dining tease, holding out fantastic things to those of us who feel each penny over $3, let alone $4, at the pump.
SBCC Theatre Group’s Rumors
Neil Simon has very few rivals when it comes to scripting stage comedy.
Gap Fire Evacuees
Stephanie Yelenik, a UCSB PhD candidate who lives on Kinevan Road, was on Santa Cruz Island conducting one of her regular studies of the native flora when she first saw smoke on the horizon.
The Melvins Bring New Lineup, Material to Velvet Jones
Despite being together for 25 years-and having almost as many albums behind them-The Melvins’ singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne says it isn’t hard to decide on a set list these days.
